According to the LASTMA spokesman, the woman was not dead as alleged, but sustained minor injuries and was treated and discharged.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has debunked reports that one of its officers crushed a pregnant woman to death at Computer Village in Ikeja.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment at LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, said the claims trending online did not show the true story of what transpired at MRS Filing Station, Ikeja.
Taofiq said the woman was not dead, neither was she pregnant nor hit by an official of the Authority, rather she was the victim of a dangerous driving by the driver of a mini commercial bus, popularly known as Korope.
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He explained that the driver, upon sighting a LASTMA Patrol Van in front of the petrol station queuing to fuel up, attempted to flee unmindful of the woman sitting inside the vehicle, by its open door.
She fell off the bus and was immediately rushed to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) for medical treatment.
According to the spokesman, the woman did not die as alleged, but sustained minor injuries and was treated and discharged.
